Government House is located in Sydney alongside the Royal Botanic Gardens, overlooking Sydney Harbour, just south of the Sydney Opera House. Constructed between 1837 and 1843, the property has been the official residence of the Governor of New South Wales since Sir George Gipps in 1845, except for two brief periods; the first between 1901 to 1914, when the property was leased to the Commonwealth of Australia as the residence of the Governor-General of Australia, and the second from 1996 to 2011.

I arrived shortly before sunrise to avoid the crowds of tourists that are usually found here. I used my wide angle lens to fit the entire circle into the shot, I under exposed by a stop to avoid blowing out the brightest parts of the sky.